September 4—September 7, 2018 9:00 am-5:00 pm

September 1—September 3, 2018

All Campus

Following on the heels of the Summer of Love, 1968 seemed like a world apart. It was a year of social experimentation and optimism, but also a year of rebellion, assassination, political agitation, and violence.

September 1—September 26, 2018

Online

Learn about gardening techniques that are more than just sustainable, get your hands dirty, and meet new, like-minded friends! Participants are welcome to work in the garden for as long or short as they like.

September 3, 20181:15 pm

All Campus

Chancellor Kumble R. Subbaswamy officially welcomes you! Immediately following Convocation, join your classmates for your class picture. Then follow the band in the traditional Minuteman March to the Welcome BBQ.

September 4, 20187:00 pm

Stonewall Center

Lynn Peterfreund has been drawing, painting and doing printmaking for decades, working both abstractly and representationally. Observational drawing has been the basis of it all, informing other work done from memory and imagination.

September 5, 20186:00 pm-7:30 pm

Bowker Auditorium

This is a weekly drop-in group for students who are coming out as lesbian, gay, bisexual, trans, queer, intersex, or asexual and for students who are already out and looking for a place of support to talk about being LGBTQIA+.

September 7—September 8, 2018, Fri/Sat 8:00 pm-9:00 pm

Herter Art Gallery, 231

September 7, 20188:00 pm

Metawampe Lawn

Enjoy an exciting day of golf at the beautiful Crumpin-Fox Golf Club in Bernardston, MA while supporting UMass Men’s Lacrosse! Coming off an exciting NCAA tournament appearance this spring, the future is bright for the Minutemen and we hope you can participate in this important fundraiser.

September 10—December 14, 2018, Mon/Wed 8:15 am-9:45 amThis event does NOT occur on:October 8, November 12, November 19—November 21, December 31, January 21, February 18, April 15

Fine Arts Center, 204

Andrew D. Bernstein is a well-known sports photographer. Bernstein’s photography has appeared in thousands of newspapers and magazine covers worldwide, as well as major advertising campaigns for over 30 years.

Fine Arts Center Bezanson Recital Hall

September 11, 20188:45 am

Old Chapel

Interested in learning more about sustainability? Don't know where to start? Come meet student leaders and members who belong to sustainable groups and registered organizations and ask them questions about the work they do on campus!

September 11, 201812:00 pm-1:00 pm

Skinner Hall, 101

Have an idea you've been itching to talk about? Working on a project you want to pursue as a venture but need help finding a team? Want to be part of your peers’ business brainstorming processes? See you at Idea Jam, hosted by the Berthiaume Center for Entrepreneurship.

University Health Services (UHS), 302

September 12—February 1, 2019

At the start of 2017, longstanding political and social rifts in the United States created a sense of fear and anxiety on many campuses across the US. Our sense of a collective public purpose and our desire for an engaged democracy — so important to the public mission of UMass Amherst — were challenged in many ways. The “Building Bridges” project grew out of this key moment.

September 12, 20184:00 pm-5:15 pm

Integrative Learning Center, N151

Specific research and extension projects designed and presented to inform visitors about the work of Summer Scholar undergraduates over the summer. A wide range of over 30 projects were undertaken with exciting data amassed. All are welcome!

Isenberg School of Management, 137 (Flavin Family Auditorium)

What does it mean for the fields of art and math to intersect? This exhibition offers glimpses into the work of Pau Atela, a professor in the Department of Mathematics at Smith College, that show how bridges can indeed be built between these two worlds.

September 13, 20185:30 pm-7:00 pm

Student Union, Ballroom

Do you think computers are cool? Do you want to learn how to code? (Or have thought about learning?) Meet new people (yay, networking) and discuss our plans at USIT's first meeting of the semester. You won't want to miss this.

September 13, 20187:00 pm-8:00 pm

Stonewall Center

Have an idea you've been itching to talk about? Working on a project you want to pursue as a venture but need help finding a team? Want to be part of your peers’ business brainstorming processes? See you at Idea Jam, hosted by the Berthiaume Center for Entrepreneurship.

September 14, 20182:30 pm-5:00 pm

Old Chapel, Great Hall

This year’s Mark Roskill Symposium includes a lecture, panel discussion, and exhibition tour that will illuminate the ways in which a shared history of curiosity, collection, and categorization influences, informs, or problematizes our study of art and science.

September 18, 201812:00 pm-1:00 pm

Skinner Hall, 101

This presentation by Sarah Doyle looks at ways to teach about dinosaur footprints, glaciers, the formation of the Connecticut River Valley, and related topics by using the stories, documents, interactive map, special features, and other features on the Impressions from a Lost World website.

September 18—September 19, 2018 6:30 pm-8:00 pm

Campus Center, Cape Cod Lounge

The College of Nursing is delighted to present an interactive conversation with Ben Wood, Director of the Office of Community Health Planning and Engagement for the MA Department of Public Health, Bureau of Community Health and Prevention.

September 19, 20187:30 pm

Fine Arts Center Bezanson Recital Hall

If post-truth political discourse might be characterized by a play on affective predispositions and bodily responses of old beliefs that re-appear as new, that is particularly of our condition of computational culture (Parisi, 2017), then we might understand post-truth as a play on the ‘error’ of quantitative instrumental reason.

September 20, 20186:00 pm-7:00 pm

Rev. Dr. William J. Barber, II is president of Repairers of the Breach, national co-chair of the 2018 Poor People’s Campaign, and leads an alliance of more than 200 progressive organizations best known as “Moral Monday.”

September 20, 20187:30 pm

Fine Arts Center Bezanson Recital Hall

Join us for a day of presentations and dialogue between local community leaders/partners, faculty, staff, and students who are developing social justice approaches to university-community partnerships within Latinx communities in Western Massachusetts.

September 21, 20189:00 am-4:00 pm

Campus Center, Amherst Room (10th floor)

This is an informal drop-in Q & A session about connecting with other first gen students, decreasing stress, learning about when to reach out for help, and exploring campus resources for mental wellness.

September 21, 20185:00 pm-7:00 pm

University Museum of Contemporary Art

XTCA: Cross Town Contemporary Art is an outdoor public art exhibition that seeks to reveal our interconnectedness as citizens and to highlight the gateway district between downtown Amherst and the University of Massachusetts.

September 24, 201812:00 pm-7:00 pm

This interactive discussion will provide you with an opportunity to explore those expectations and help you to brainstorm ways to create supportive relationships that can enhance your students’ learning.

September 25, 20183:30 pm-5:30 pm

Science and Engineering Library

The fundamental and existential questions – Resisting What? Resisting How? – come into focus in this overview of the field which serves as the formal launch of Matt Meyer’s tenure as RSI Senior Research Scholar.

September 25, 20183:30 pm-5:30 pm

Integrated Sciences Building, 145

September 25, 20184:00 pm

Rudd Field

Kermit Dunkelberg, Assistant Vice President of Adult Education and Workforce Development at Holyoke Community College, will provide an overview of changes in HCC's Life Sciences program and facilities, including expanded credit and non-credit offerings, and Clean Room training facility.

September 26, 20185:00 pm-9:00 pm

All Dining Commons

Please join us for the first event of the new campus-wide documentary screening series "Watch, Learn, Grow" conducted by the Office of Equity and Inclusion. "A Dream in Doubt" follows Rana Singh Sodhi, Balbir’s brother, as he attempts to fight the hate threatening his family and community.

September 27, 201810:00 am-3:00 pm

Campus Center, Lower Level

This session provides information that will assist faculty who need to go through the expedited review process for their existing GenEd course with a DU/DG designation to meet the new General Education Diversity Requirements, and faculty who want to propose a new course seeking a GenEd DU or DG designation.

September 27, 20182:30 pm-4:00 pm

Campus Center, 803

September 27, 20184:00 pm

Rudd Field

Nadine Strossen, former President of the American Civil Liberties Union expertly dissects constitutional law to share current challenges to our civil liberties today, stimulating thoughtful consideration of democratic ideals.

September 27, 20184:30 pm-5:30 pm

Olver Design Building, 170

The UMass Amherst Italian Studies Program and the Libraries host a panel discussion to celebrate the acquisition of an important collection of Cesare Pavese's books, a gift from Lawrence G. Smith, author of Cesare Pavese and America.

September 27, 20185:00 pm-6:00 pm

Herter Hall, 207

“There’s nothing like reading your secret police file to make you wonder who you really are.” So begins anthropologist Katherine Verdery’s new book, My Life as a Spy: Investigations in a Secret Police File.

September 27, 20188:00 pm

Fine Arts Center Bezanson Recital Hall

Christine Schutt is the author of the novels Prosperous Friends; Florida, a National Book Award finalist; and All Souls, a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize. She is also the author of three collections of stories, Nightwork and A Day, A Night, Another Day, Summer, and most recently, Pure Hollywood.